Louis Roney: Outrage after outrage

• Outrage after outrage, beheading after beheading, without the least retaliation from our non-responding leader cannot help but remind us of the days when we flattened Nagasaki, Hiroshima and Tokyo. We have the weapons and the way to deliver them, and our might is greater than the enemies — but where is “the will to find our way?”

• The first American “beheading” has taken place — in Oklahoma! A man who was terminated after allegedly proselytizing his Muslim religion, showed up at his former workplace, began shouting Arabic phrases, and beheaded a lady working there. Our esteemed leadership is calling it “workplace violence.” (Just as the Fort Hood killings were?) Oh yeah? Heaven forbid we should call it what it is: “Islamic Terrorism” — what other religion cuts off heads? Think about this: If Obama calls terrorism “workplace violence” then he’s eliminated the word “terrorism” during his presidency… but now we have suffered terrorism.

• Breathe easier: The president will have the help of the Rev. Al Sharpton in choosing a new attorney general to replace resigning AG Eric Holder.

• Well, well! On a recent Sunday afternoon a TV reporter informed us that in the inner sanctum of the basement of the State Department, several of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s assistants were busily sifting through documents to be removed before forwarding anything to the Congressional Committee investigating Benghazi (in insider language that’s called scrubbing). Is it possible that Hillary’s chums were looking to remove anything harmful re-Benghazi that could damage Madame’s likely run for president?

• Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz, member of the Homeland Security Committee, was questioning the new head of that department, Secretary Jeh Johnson. Chaffetz asked Johnson if he knew that four known (named) dangerous terrorists having ties to terrorist organizations had entered the USA through the Mexican border. Johnson answered that he “had heard about it,” but he just didn’t know how much credence to give it. Well, Mr. Johnson, if the head of the Department of Homeland Security doesn’t know the state of our “Homeland Security” pray tell, who does?

• In our Tuesday Evening Eating Meeting’s (TEEM) quest to find restaurants with both excellent food and a sound level which favors conversation, a group of seven met last evening. We enjoyed a menu that was uniformly good — but the level of noise in the restaurant was such that the waiters could scarcely take our orders and any conversation was well-nigh impossible. We are therefore still seeking.

• The TV brings news of a woman being robbed at pistol point on Park Avenue, Winter Park at 11:30 p.m. My memories of WP go back to 1929. However, I would have thought such a crime on our main street is impossible — even now!